Archipelagos · Villa Clara
Cayos del Pajonal
Cayos del Pajonal is an island group at 22°51′52″N 79°42′36″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayos del Pajonal: coast and water
11030 m at 195°: Playa Nazabal (beach); 11180 m at 222°: Laguna El Don Chicho (lagoon); 11190 m at 210°: Laguna La Paloma (lagoon); 11340 m at 161°: Punta Higuereta (point); 11390 m at 218°: Laguna de los Barretos (lagoon); 11700 m at 229°: Ensenada Trujillo (cove); 12510 m at 164°: Laguna La Tinaja (lagoon); 12880 m at 161°: Laguna Niña Bonita (lagoon).
Cayos del Pajonal: islands
4960 m at 285°: Cayo Alto (island); 6560 m at 304°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 7910 m at 139°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (island); 9990 m at 332°: Cayo La Vela (island); 10320 m at 331°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 11640 m at 312°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 13230 m at 274°: Cayo Vaca (island); 13390 m at 106°: Roca Vinson (island); 17930 m at 307°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 23270 m at 286°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 24460 m at 284°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 28590 m at 296°: Cayo Mariposa (island).
Cayos del Pajonal: inland
12730 m at 183°: Carratala (locality); 13980 m at 205°: Emilio Córdova (sugar mill); 14120 m at 154°: Veguita (locality); 14770 m at 189°: María Victoria (locality); 15930 m at 209°: La Marina (locality); 16150 m at 264°: Venturilla (locality).
Cayos del Pajonal: distances
11030 m at 195°: Playa Nazábal; 14290 m at 200°: Emilio Córdova; 17270 m at 155°: Playa Juan Francisco; 47800 m at 210°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109240 m at 223°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 110900 m at 224°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Cayos del Pajonal: close by
570 m at 78°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 3150 m at 120°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 4410 m at 49°: Cayo Pajonal (cay); 4670 m at 127°: Cayo Marcos (cay); 4960 m at 285°: Cayo Alto (cay); 6570 m at 304°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 7680 m at 281°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 7910 m at 139°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (cay); 8720 m at 320°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 9990 m at 332°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 10320 m at 331°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 11640 m at 312°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay).
Cayos del Pajonal: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 police & fire, 2 stores & supermarkets, 1 stations & terminals.
14380 m at 201°: Emilio Cordoba (stations & terminals).
Cayos del Pajonal: marine life records
1125 records of 167 species within 15 km, 1994 to 2022: 540 fish, 312 corals, 265 sponges, 4 other, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans. That is 159.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 64 (sponges); Acanthurus bahianus, 47 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 47 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 42 (fish); Spirastrellidae, 40 (sponges); Haemulon flavolineatum, 39 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 39 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 32 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 31 (fish); Acropora palmata, 31 (corals); Stichopathes, 30 (corals); Millepora complanata, 29 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos del Pajonal: notes
Trips to island groups are booked in advance.
Getting to Cayos del Pajonal
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Fragoso stands about 15 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.